The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1887-04-22

may nurt tho conscisnses Oh many goou cnurch
members, aud, that tits not taught in the Bible.
Others adhered 10 the contrary aud also wished
to reserve the confession Of faith" in its
purity. It was also thought that this way Of
sending down overtures from the General
Assembly was not the best plain Of effectiug
changes in the creed Of the church. A voto
was taken at last, however, and Il was resolved
by . majority Of two-thirds that the Prssbytery
approved tho substance Of tho overture. The
Presbytery desired to go on record, hswever,
rs not favorius the overture unless tvo-thirds Of
the other Presbyteriss Of the Geueral Assembly
should also favorit
A DIscounAoISo SrATENEsr.-Paris, April
12-Dr. Oscar Lenz, who hes just returned
from prolonged tour Of exploration in Africa,
undertaken on behalf of the King Of the Bel.
gians, has included in his report to the latter
come very interesting remarks concerning mis-
sionary work in Africa. They ars, however,
far from encouraging. lie renders full justice
to the good intentions Of the missionaries and
to tho motives which impel the Scottish and
London societies TO send them out, but he as
serts that they waste largo sums of money for
very small results. Negroes who arc taught
by them to read and write mostly become unfit
for any manual occupation. They consider
themselves as good as the white man, think it
undignifed to toll, and when not engaged in
holding large and noisy prayer meetings, at
WhiCh cNcty muu Wuut5 " tdho MS turn u
preaching, they roam about begging and take
il very i'll ifthey cannot live together on dolcs
from their white fellow Christians. Tho Euro
pean factories have learned to boware of these
men and will not give them employment. So
most Of them end by relapsipg into barbarism
and vagabondism, their last state being worse
than their first, rs the renegade native con-
vert almost always becomes q criminal.
To CURE THE DrrE OF A MAD DoG.-Frauklin
Dyan, n highly respectable and intelligent
farmer of Galena, Kent County, Maryland,
Of mad dog. As will bc seen he has tested
II with the most gratifying results.
ElecamIansis plant we'll known to most
persons, and is 10 be found in many of our
gardens. Immediately after being bitten take
one aud q half ounces Of tho root Of the plant
the green rost is. perhaps, preferable, but
the dried will answer and may be found in
bruise, Put into pint Of fresh milk, boil down
to half pint, strain, and when oold drink It,
fasting at least six hours afterward. Tho next
morning repeat the dose, fasting, use two
ounces Of the root. On tho third morning
take another dose, prepared as the last aud
this will be sufficient. II 10 recommended
that after each dose nothing be eaten for at
least six hours.
I have son who was bitten by mad dog
eighteen years ago, and four other children in
the nsighborheod were also bitten, they took
tho above desc, and are alive and we'll 70 this
day. And have known q number Of others
who were bitten aud applied the same remedy.
II is supposed that the root contains o prin-
eiple which, being taken up by the blood in
Its circulation, oounteracts or neutrali.ss the
deadly effects Of the virus Of hydrophobia.
feel 30 much confidence in this simple rem
edy that am willing you should give my name
In connection Eith this statement.
GEN. BaLuREaARp AND JErr. DAyIs.-NEw
ORLEANS, La, April 16.-During the ceremony
attending tho unwilling Of the statue Of Albert
Sidney Johnston, on the 9th inst, Jefferson
Davis. in his impromptu remarks, took occa-
sion in manner indirect but thoroughly
understood to reflect severely upon General
Beauregard for his handling of the troops at
the battle of Shiloh. This aroused the iro Of
the sturdy creole and he comes cut in
four columns article in the Pieayuns defend.
ing his course, showing that what he did had
the approval Of Johnston, aud that he did all
that could be done with men who were abso-
lutely outdone by the need Of food and fatigue.
The article Is quite severe aud the author
makes out . good case against Davis, even
producing the identical military dispatches
which Davis declared had been lost The fact
is disclosed. however, Of an almost phenomenal
bitterness between the two most conspicuous
survivors Of the late Confederacy. II is possible
that Davis will reply to Bsauregsrd in kind.
TIE BnHEou HsALED.-Thero is q decided
prosf ect that the breach in the PRESBYTERIAN
church Of spartsnburg will soon be healed, and
the church being divided has been ayerted al
iogsther. Tho commission appointed BY the
presbytery prepared the following resolution ::
That the commission request all the elders
to resign, NO one being required to confess
that he has done wrong. and that in the re-
organization an entirely new bench of elders
be elected to consist Of Eve members.'
All of the old elders resigned and the new
elders werc selected and inauguratod.
This action bridges over the difficulty, as the
newly elected elders will, in all probability,
represent the true sentiment Of tho church or
congregation, and whatever action they NAV
take in filling the pastorats will be properly
sustained.
THE PORE AND THE KNrGHrs.-NEw YonK,
April 18.-The Catholic Neos of this city re-
ceiVed the following cable dispatch to-day
rom Rome concerning the Pope and the
Knights Of Labor:
the question Of the Knights Of Labor in favor of
that organization. This decision will stand 50
long rs the present method pursued in further
ing their aims prevails. The document of Car
dinal Gibbons has been endorsed. The Pope
further decides that tn Canada where q man
dament had been issued against the Knights,
the members Of the Order will receive absolution
on promises Of obedience to future decisions of
the Holy See. II the Knights identify them
selves with theories now being disseminated by
certain agtators this decision in their favor
will be revoked"
DEATH OF WELL KNOWN LIwYER.-Mr
Joseph Fl. Bradley dicl at hi. residence in
West Washington on the afternoon of the Sd
Of general debility, aged eighty.four years.
He has been engaged in the conduct Of many Of
the most celebrated cases in the district, in
Guiding the trial Of Mrs. Surrstt for conspi-
racy in the Lincoln assassination plot. After
the jury had reported a disagreement in the
Surratt case, presiding justice Judge Fisher